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  <h2>Computer Uses in Education and their Benefits</h2>
  
  <p>Computers provide, for the first time in history, a
key ingredient that was lacking in all the previous tools
that raised high expectations when introduced in the
educational system: individualized interactivity. From
blackboard to television, the previous tools were presentation
tools only. Computers, however, can not
only present information with all the audio-visual expressive
possibilities of television or film, but also can
receive information from the user, and can adapt the
presentation to the user needs, preferences or requests.
Furthermore, in those schools where the Internet is
accessible, the computer is the gateway to information
without frontiers, and the catalyst for teacher and student
dialogs beyond the walls of a single class or
school. Today, when a major effort is being invested in
the transformation of the classroom, moving away from
frontal, expository, didactic presentations to environments
where learners are active discoverers and builders
of knowledge, the computer is the tool with the
potential to help in reaching these goals. For a detailed
description of different modes of computer use
in the educational environment, see Alessi and Trollip
(1991) or Venezky and Osin (1991). In the framework of
this Technical Note, the following modes and benefits
are summarized briefly.</p>

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    <li>Computer-Assisted Learning.</li>
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    <li>Simulation and Exploration.</li>
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    <li>Computational tools.</li>
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    <li>Communication networks.</li>
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    <li>Pedagogical administration.</li>
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<p>Another important consequence of wide dissemination
of computer-based educational materials that
have well-conceived pedagogical interactions, is that
they serve as good examples for teachers who may be
isolated. Based on such examples, teachers may expand
their repertoire of strategies, and recognize the
need for improvement in their classroom practices.</p>
           
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